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STILLWATER — Kyler Pearson has never once passed the eye test of a football coach.
As a college senior measuring 5-foot-6 and 140 pounds, he never has and never will.
“He doesn’t pass the eye test for me, and I’ve been a football coach for 34 years,” said Kyler’s father, Preston Pearson, who recently was hired as the head coach at Skiatook High School. “When he was in third, fourth, fifth grade, he did not look like he belonged on that field, but he was the one who always made the plays.”
That last part is why Kyler is entering his second season at Oklahoma State and fifth season of college football, despite looking like an eighth-grader snuck onto the field.
He made plays in little league. He made plays at Tulsa Union High School. He even made plays at Kansas, which gave him a scholarship in 2020 when Les Miles was the head coach.
Now, he’s carving out his role at OSU, cwhere oach Mike Gundy has suggested Kyler could be used in the return game.
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“This spring, they’ve been on me about catching punts and catching kicks, trying to make sure I’m ready,” Kyler said. “I was on punt return and kick return at Kansas, especially kick return. I was the backup on punt return there to a guy who’s playing for the Bengals now, so it was hard to get above him. But I’ve got experience. I’ve done it and it’s nothing new.”
The Cowboys, of course, have Brennan Presley entrenched in both of those roles, and his biggest asset is what he does with the ball in his hands. But protecting Presley also has value, so that’s where Pearson could step forward.
“I grew up playing against BP my whole life, being at Union and him at Bixby,” Kyler said. “Now, he’s someone I look up to. He’s been here, he’s…
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Author : The Oklahoman
Publish date : 2024-05-16 10:06:33
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